A Comparative Analysis: Efficiency of Married and Unmarried Couples

This research report investigates the efficiency of married couples compared to unmarried couples. It begins with an introduction highlighting the increasing number of both married and unmarried couples and emphasizes the importance of understanding, bonding, and love in their relationships. The research objective is to evaluate the efficiency of married couples. A literature review explores the views of various authors on emotional well-being, legal rights, and the benefits of marriage versus cohabitation. The report formulates hypotheses regarding the efficiency of married versus unmarried couples. The methodology includes primary research using questionnaires and surveys, and secondary research through literature reviews. The study design involves surveying 100 couples to gather their perspectives. Data analysis includes descriptive statistics, mean, standard deviation, and Cronbach’s Alpha to compare the efficiency of both types of couples. The findings support the hypothesis that married couples are more efficient due to legal rights and stability. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of following research principles and suggests that married people are more efficient than unmarried people due to good image and legal rights. References are provided at the end.

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Introduction
The number of unmarried couples living together has enhanced significantly between 1980 and
2010. In the same manner, a number of married couples are also growing day by day. The
efficiency of both married and unmarried couples highly depends on their understanding,
bonding, and love. In today scenario, there are greater than 30 million people who are living with
an unmarried sex partner. On the other hand, there are 35 million couple who are living with
married sex partner (https://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/censr-5.pdf).
Research Objective
The objective of the conducted research is to judge the efficiency of a married couple than the
unmarried once.
Literature Review
According to views of Waggoner (2015), when it comes to emotional well-being, adults of
young age such as women seem to get as much of a boost from living with a partner as they do
from marriage. He said that married couple is more efficient than the unmarried ones
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/terry-gaspard-msw-licsw/living-together-versus-
ma_b_9854344.html). It is because they have the all legal rights and benefits which play an
important role in securing their life. Rosenfeld (2014) said that cohabitation means living
together of an unmarried couple without the commitment of marriage is continuously growing
day by day. But they don't have such benefits as the married couple. They cannot live outside
without marriage. Only two-thirds of unmarried couples seem to live together outside of
marriage. Kreider (2014) conclude that unmarried couples may have an emotional attachment to
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their sex partner who moves in together for spending more time of their life together. But they
don't want to spend a long time as the married partners do. Their relationship is for a short time
period. For instance, it can be said that one cannot analyze the quality of their relationship after
having a child. In that condition, they like to separate from each other and live their life with
great freedom.
Hypotheses
Hypotheses#1: Married couple is more efficient than unmarried couple
Hypotheses#2: Married couple is not efficient than an unmarried couple.
Research Methodology
Primary Research
The research report of the project is mainly utilizing the primary or secondary research method.
Primary study is conducted to measure the views of different couples regarding the marriage.
The below-mentioned tools are utilized for this purpose:
 Questionnaire and Surveys: It is very efficient and trustworthy method of collecting the
response of customers. This enables us in collecting the required data so that further steps
can be taken to implementation the desired project (Tach, 2013).
 Observations: It can be of two types; observation through communication and interaction
or observation through no interaction or communication. In the research project, direct
observation method is applied to measure the customer's response on the spot.
Secondary Research
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Secondary research is also utilized for collecting the data in the desired manner. Secondary
research it conducted because it is easy to access and free to use. We mainly utilized literature
review method for carrying out the study.
 Literature Review: It helps us in reviewing the assemble articles and the original research
conducted by the writers in the selected field. This utilized to study the past research
regarding the subject of the research.
Research Method
The research report mainly utilizes the qualitative research methods such as observation, survey,
and questionnaire (Tan, 2012). The qualitative method helps us in collecting the needed data in
an efficient manner.
Research Design
For conducted the research we have selected 100 couples to receive their views regarding the
efficiency of marriage or an unmarried couple. The selected person are some married couple, and
some are an unmarried couple.
Research Schedule
As it is mentioned before that, the research is being carried out through primary research. We
identified the population for carried out our further research. The population is required to
analyze their feedback towards their relationships. With primary research, secondary research is
also conducted by reviewing the available literature reviews of different authors. Articles of
different authors are accessed through internet sources such as Google scholar, or Google. The
research is started from 1 December. After this various meetings and interviews are conducted so
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that research can succeed in the desired manner. The research schedule of the research project is
following:
Data Analysis
The project is analyzed through conducting the descriptive analysis of the study. It mainly
focuses on the various variable under the study and the mean and the standard deviation of the
same as showing in the below-mentioned table:
Variable Mean Standard Deviation
Married Couple 3.71 0.6713
Unmarried Couple 3.57 0.7786
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Cronbach’s Alpha
From the above-mentioned figure, it can be understood that the mean of Married couple 3.71
states that married couple is more efficient than the unmarried couple. It is because the married
couple has all the authorities and legal rights which an unmarried couple doesn't have. Another
means of the unmarried couple states that the relationship of the unmarried couple is not efficient
than the married couple.
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On the other hand, the standard deviation of Married people 0.7786 states that the married couple
has larger efficiency than the unmarried couple. Another standard deviation of 0.6713 states that
unmarried couple has lesser efficiency than the married couples.
Hypotheses Testing
In this study, we were taken the two hypotheses into consideration at the beginning of the
research paper. All hypotheses are mentioned below with their proved explanations:
Hypotheses#1: Married couple is more efficient than the unmarried couple
In this hypotheses, the consideration was that the married couple is very efficient than the
unmarried couple. It is because the married couple has all legal and fundamental rights which
make them happier than the unmarried couple.
Hypotheses#: Married couple is not efficient than unmarried couple
In this hypotheses, the consideration was that the unmarried couple is not efficient than the
married couple. It is because unmarried couple life cycle has short span of time period. The
absence of legal rights makes them unhappier, and they separate as soon as possible.
Conclusion
After studying all this, it can be concluded that research should be conducted in an efficient
manner. If all principles of the research project follow accurately, it must able to gain success in
the market. After reviewing the response of different couple, it can be said that due to the
presence of good image and legal rights married people are more efficient than the unmarried
ones.
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References
Married-Couple and Unmarried Partner Households: 2000. Retrieved from
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Rosenfeld, M. J. (2014). Couple Longevity in the Era of Same‐Sex Marriage in the United
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